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EIT Health Headstart

Status

Usually opens in February and April

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
€75,000

Equity-free grant of up to EUR 75,000 per start-up to reach a defined commercial milestone (regulatory, clinical validation, market entry). Awarded through regional EIT Health InnoStars/CLC calls.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

EIT Health

ppp · supranational

Deadline: Closed — Ended: Headstart page no longer exists on eithealth.eu and the programme is not among the 45 current programmes; EIT Health now funds start-ups via calls such as Innovation Uptake and Innovation Validation.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Health, medtech, biotech or digital health start-up registered in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country. Some rounds require the company to be an EIT Health alumnus or partner-nominated.

How to apply

  1. Identify your EIT Health regional office (CLC or InnoStars)
  2. Submit the application form with a milestone-based work plan and budget
  3. Jury pitch/interview
  4. Grant agreement and milestone-based payment

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eithealth.eu/programmes/headstart/

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: eithealth.eu

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